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Pair of Chairs

This pair is part of a set of eighteen dining-room chairs with oak frames and with the original moquette upholstered seats and back panels, with a design of roses against a green and grey background. The chairs have sabre back legs and shallow cabriole front legs, and the backs are cartouche shaped, the oak frames moulded with a small central scrolling above a pierced hand-hold.
The set was supplied by Monbro fils aine in 1858 for John and Josephine Bowes dining room at Louveciennes.
Size: Height: 96 cm; Width: 51cm; Depth: 50 cm.

Artist / Maker: Monbro

Place: Paris

Object Type: chair

Period: Napoleon III

Actual Date: c. 1855

Century: 19th century

Materials: Oak, Moquette

Museum Accession Number: FW.98